Bag-fastening



(No Model.)

E. OLDENBUSOH.

BAG FASTENING.

No. 450,870. Patented Apr. 21, 1891.

[I1/ve nor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST OLDENBUSCH, OF JERSEY CITY, ASSIGNOR TO XVILLIAM SOHIMPER t CO., OF I-IOBOKEN, NEIV JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,870, dated April 2l, 1891.

Application tiled January 10,1891.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be itknown that l, ERNST OLDENBUsoH, of Jersey City, in lthe county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Bags, Satchels, Pocket-Books, Purse-Frames, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin fastenings tor bags, satchels, pocket-books, purse-frames, and the like in which a rocking lever is arranged to be thrown into and out of engagement with a catch.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a bag-frame, showing one form of the catch adj usted thereto as in use. Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal section through the frame and through the post to which the fastening-lever is pivoted. Eig. 3 is a transverse section through line a; fr of Fig. l, and Fig. Il is a transverse section through the line y 'y of Fig. l.

In the style of frame which I have employed to represent the fastening as in practical use a pair of folding jaws A and A are represented as hinged together at the lower eX- tremity a of their ends, and one of the j aws- A', for examplew-is provided with an overlapping lip or guardpiece B, which, when the jaws are closed, as represented in Fig. 1, is intended to overlap the rim of the opposite jaw A. A post C projects outwardly from the pace of the guard-piece B. In the present instance I have shown such post as formed by a strip of sheet metal folded in the middle, so as to form a barrel portion c to serve as a housing for a leven-actuating spring D,

the two ends of the strip being each provided with a lug c', extending downwardly through the guard-piece B and clinching upon the under side thereof. In the present instance one of said lugs o projects through the guard-piece and also through the rim of the jaw A and clinches upon the under side of the rim thereof, not only serving to hold the post in position, but at the same time binding the guard-piece firmly to the rim. The opposite sides of the post C are spaced a short distance apart, so

Serial No. 377,318. (No model.)

by means of a rivet evl or other suitable pivot between the sides of the post C,so that when pressure is exerted upon the iinger-piece e3 or short arm of the lever toward the end of the post O the tendency will be to rock the lever E upon its pivot, and thereby lift its outer end, carrying the tongue e from the guard-piece or frame. In the presentinstance I have shown a pair of locking-levers E simi i larly arranged at the opposite ends of the post C and have inserted the spring D be` tween the ends of the short arms of said levers, the tension of which tends to hold the tongue ends of the levers normally depressed or in locking adjustment. Itis obvious,l1ow ever, that one of said levers might be omitted, or that they might be pivoted to separate posts arranged at intervals on the frame. It is also obvious that the post C might be constructed of a solid piece and provided witha socket for the reception of the spring and with suitable recesses for the pivoting thereto of the lever or levers, or the lever might be pivoted to the outside face of the post.

The tongues e at the end of the locking-lever E are intended to be of such length that they will project downwardly through suitable slots in the guard-piece or frame or both, into engagement with suitable catches F, fixed to the opposite j awA. I have here shown the catches F as having the notches f for the reception of the tongues e on their upper edges and terminating in bevelshaped ends f which,when the jaws are forced togetheigwill tend, by their engagement with the edges of the tongues c', to lift the levers E against the tension of the springD and allow the jaws to close until the tongues e drop into the notches f. By so constructing the catches F and at the Same time forming the ends of the tongues e IOO of considerable width I provide against any liability of the unintentional disengagement of the tongue from the catch by any racking movement to which the jaws would beliable to be subjected in the direction of their length.

By extending the arms ot thelevers E along the frame to a greater orlesserlength, carrying the tongues to agreater or lesser distance from the pivotal point, the closing of the jaws may be made easier or more diflicult, and the same may also be accomplished by varying the tension of the spring.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described fastening, comprising a catch having a recess therein and adapted to project beneath an overlapping edge and an angle-leverpivotally secured to a suitable support on the outer face of the overlapping edge, one arm of the leverextending along the overlapping edge and provided with a tongue adapted to extend down through t-he overlapping edge into engagement with the catch, the other arm of the lever extending outwardly from the overlapping edge in position to receive pressure in the direction oi the plane of the overlapping edge for operating it, the arm provided with the tongue having a swinging movement under suchoperating-pressure outwardly away from and inwardly toward the catch, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the opening and closing jaws, the one being provided with a guard strip or lip adapted to overlap the rim of the other, of a post secured to the outer face of the overlapping jaw, a pair of locking- 4levers pivotally secured to said post and extending in opposite directions therefrom, a springinterposed between the operating-arms of said levers, and catches secured to the opposite jaw in position to engage the free ends of said levers, substantially as set forth.

3. The eombination,with the jaws, one provided with a guard strip or lip adapted to overlap the rim of the other, of a post secured to the outer face of the overlapping jaw, a pair of angle locking-levers pivotally secured to the post and extending in opposite directions therefrom, said leversbeing provided at their free ends with inwardly-projected tongues having extended edges at their ends, a spring interposed between the short arms of said locking-levers, and catches xed to the opposite jaw and projecting in position to engage the extended edges at the ends of the tongueston the locking-lever, substantially as set forth.

ERNST OLDENBUSOH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, K. E. PEMBLETON. 

